嚇唬 [吓－]

Jyutping haak3 fu2
Pinyin xià hǔ

Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 七一九级词汇表 #4473

嚇唬 [吓－]

Jyutping haak3 fu2
Pinyin xià hu

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to scare
  2. to frighten
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. (verb) Bluff
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb, colloquial
    to scare; to frighten; to threaten
    (syn.) 恐嚇, 威胁, 威嚇, 威脅, 哄嚇, 恐吓, 恫嚇, 哄吓, 恫吓, 威吓, 哄翕
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    我没想吓唬你。
    我沒想嚇唬你。
    wǒ méi xiǎng xià hu nǐ 。
    • I didn't want to surprise you.
  2. Mandarin
    我不是故意吓唬你的。
    我不是故意嚇唬你的。
    wǒ bú shi gù yì xià hu nǐ de 。
    • I didn't mean to scare you.
    • I didn't mean to spook you.
  3. Mandarin
    别想吓唬我。
    別想嚇唬我。
    bié xiǎng xià hu wǒ 。
    • Don't try to intimidate me.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    因不满国民服役警察不愿参与巡逻，警曹竟拔枪瞄准对方的脸，试图开玩笑吓唬对方。国民服役警察担心前途受影响，过了三个月才揭露此事和报警。
    因不滿國民服役警察不願參與巡邏，警曹竟拔槍瞄準對方的臉，試圖開玩笑嚇唬對方。國民服役警察擔心前途受影響，過了三個月才揭露此事和報警。
    yīn bù mǎn guó mín fú yì jǐng chá bù yuàn cān yǔ xún luó ， jǐng cáo jìng bá qiāng miáo zhǔn duì fāng de liǎn ， shì tú kāi wán xiào xià hǔ duì fāng ． guó mín fú yì jǐng chá dān xīn qián tú shòu yǐng xiǎng ， guò le sān ge yuè cái jiē lù cǐ shì hé bào jǐng ．
    • A police sergeant aimed his sidearm towards national serviceman police officer as a joke to threat him after the NS officer didn't want to patrol. The NS officer worried his future career would be affected, and only uncovered the incident and reported to the police after 3 months.